Michael Agnew, Society of Economic Geologists April 2018 "In June 2019, the population of Bougainville, a southwest Pacific island of 9,380 km2, will vote on whether to remain an autonomous region of Papua New Guinea or become the world’s newest nation." Agnew, M,....

The Bougainville time capsule has opened. The now autonomous pacific island near PNG that boasts extreme mineral riches has been effectively locked away in a time capsule since the civil war tore it apart between 1988 and 1998. Bougainville’s amazing Panguna...